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2 HAMILTON SPECTATOR Saturday January 23 2016 Petr Hulin Upholsterer & French Polisher • Antiques fully restored • Lounge suites reupholstered • Furniture restored - all types • Rocking Horse restoration • Second generation upholsterer P: 5562 7806 M: 0411 697 052 196 Koroit St, Warrnambool Continuing a proud tradition of craftsmanship SAKURA FILTERS Did you know there is a filter service kit for your 4WD consiting of oil, fuel, air and cabin filters. All in one box - How easy? Come and try us PK BEARINGS French St, Hamilton P: 5572 4833 Saturday Night EE JUKEBOX JUKEBO Happy Hour 10-11pm The Cally Hamilton Off ering you the Complete Turf Solution... UNIONISTS and sacked MV Portland workers march towards MP Dan Tehan’s Gray St offices. Photo: BILLY EASSON. Rally message From: PAGE 1 • Instant Turf • Seeding • Seed & Fertiliser • Top dressing • Aeration • Construction Henderson St, Hamilton Email: sales@turfworx.com.au 1800 446 241 www.turfworx.com.au The Painting Professional For all your Painting Needs • Interior & Exterior • Domestic & Commercial For a FREE No Obligation Quote Call Steve 0401 688 736 Online Retailer www.decor91.com.au Homewares &Decor SEA2329411 Mr Jones said delegates left their contact details with Mr Tehan’s staff should he decide to contact them rather than make “outlandish statements” such as that which he had made already. The letter outlined the union’s anger at the Portland’s staff being “unceremoniously kicked off” their ship by 30 security guards. “It was an extreme action undertaken by a multi-million dollar international company which we found confronting and intimidating,” the letter said. It also urged Mr Tehan to support Australian workers in the seafaring industry. “You can go back to your party room with the concerns we have outlined. You have a chance to take a stance on Australian jobs,” it said. “You can convince the federal government to cancel the temporary licence which has allowed Alcoa to treat us in this despicable way.” 160121bj002 UKEBOX FR FRE REE www.spec.com.au Fuel cost DENIS PETERS OUTRAGE is reaching fever pitch in Hamilton as its retail fuel prices remain firmly at the highest in Victoria … around $1.30 a litre for unleaded … just as many outlets around Australia are selling it for under $1. LPG and diesel prices in Hamilton are also stubbornly high at levels which top the state. Social media has been burning in recent weeks with complaints about Hamilton’s fuel prices, including calls for boycotts of the highest petrol outlets and frustrated though unproven claims of collusion. 22 Victorian regional centres, averaged over the previous week, unleaded petrol actually dropped below $1.30 per litre for the first time in many months, but at $1.29.5 c/lt remains clearly the highest average in the state. Diesel, at 128.9 c/lt is less than a cent below the state’s highest, Colac, and LPG, at an average 84.7 c/lt remains hugely more expensive than the majority of the state. a litre at outlets in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and elsewhere this week. While many factors affect what Australians pay for petrol at the bowser, the sight of crude oil falling to the historically low price of $US27 a gallon has further frustrated many. Victorian Motoring Enthusiasts Party Senator Ricky Muir has called for a new Senate inquiry into the disparity in retail fuel prices and what he calls “gouging” by oil companies. Unleaded petrol has reportedly dropped below $1 According to the RACV’s chart of fuel prices at anger grows “Why is it that when the price of a barrel of crude increases motorists are hit at the pump before they have a chance to even hear the news, but when the price plummets like it has, the price does not follow?” Senator Muir said on his Facebook page. “Why is it that one town on a highway pays significantly more than surrounding towns in all other directions?” He said the last time a Senate inquiry looked into fuel pricing was in 2006. “With the price of the barrel plummeting and the savings not being passed on it clearly highlights gouging is occurring,” he said. “I think it is time another inquiry was launched to investigate where the gouging is happening and what changes in the current legislation need to happen to give the likes of the ACCC the power it needs to not only pursue where the gouging is happening, but to also act on it harshly. “Motorists are being ripped off. Something needs to change!” Comments sought on the issue on The Spectator’s Facebook page reflected the anger in Hamilton. PM: Paid $1.03 for diesel in Ballarat last week. Petrol was 99 cents. MT: Pickett line shell or bp. Only take a few days of making no $$$. Only thing that can help the people is the people. JS: Sometimes I wonder if it’s a conspiracy! RC: Yes ... Probably the best idea … people need to get off their bums (and Facebook) and make a stand ... as long as there is no intrusions onto private property, and definitely NO violence or threats or anything else that could be deemed “Illegal” then it should have some impact. DD: I buy as little as possible & if Ballarat is 99c then I’m buying there Monday, shop local they say? Can’t afford to. JM: Agreed DD. Last week the little self serve in Penshurst was cheaper than Hamilton. TW: Go to Heywood. Always cheaper than Hamilton. $1.19 today and $1.27 at a servo in Hamilton that I passed short time after. Other regional online sites have voiced hundreds of similar messages of frustration. SAB1841142N H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H SEA2305716 H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H SDD2525416N SDE2869711N SDF0935416N SDC0531716N